Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-08-06

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 6
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,931 head
1,572 vs last sale 3,503 2,926 vs year ago 4,857 · 60.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to light numbers of cattle in all weight classes to compare to last week is very difficult. An unevenly steady undertone was noted. Fair amount of load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 13th, starting at 10:00 am. Expecting 2000 head of feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.94/cwt on 1,498 head.
Average price
$137.94
1,498 head · 791 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$370
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$29.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.05
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562145.6781943
Medium and Large 1782139.261,0891,359
Large 11,027115.721,18896
One grade step is worth $29.95/cwt here — about −$370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,498 hd
137.94
SD average5 barns · 4,091 hd
137.88
+0.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1488170.00/cwt170.00–170.0083014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2955117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1173
SteersMedium and Large 1998125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2486
SteersMedium and Large 1-2743139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0333
SteersMedium and Large 1529168.50/cwt168.50–168.508915
SteersMedium and Large 1873138.99/cwt137.50–144.001,21382
SteersMedium and Large 1912132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,2083
SteersLarge 11,118118.66/cwt118.00–119.001,3279
SteersMedium and Large 1738146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,07718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2594150.89/cwt146.00–155.0089611
SteersLarge 11,016126.83/cwt126.75–127.001,2899
SteersMedium and Large 1832144.52/cwt140.00–147.251,20279
SteersLarge 11,071123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,317108
SteersMedium and Large 1650159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,03734
HeifersMedium and Large 1586156.17/cwt156.00–157.0091556
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628128.50/cwt128.50–128.508076
HeifersMedium and Large 1831133.59/cwt132.75–137.501,11046
HeifersMedium and Large 1879130.29/cwt123.50–131.351,145457
HeifersMedium and Large 1725139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,00823
HeifersMedium and Large 1644152.99/cwt150.25–153.60985297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455152.50/cwt152.00–153.0069414
HeifersMedium and Large 1920122.90/cwt120.50–126.501,13115
HeifersMedium and Large 1765139.96/cwt131.50–145.501,071203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733134.00/cwt134.00–134.009828
HeifersLarge 11,005117.02/cwt114.00–117.501,17665
HeifersMedium and Large 1688149.21/cwt143.00–151.751,027151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562151.00/cwt151.00–151.008498
HeifersLarge 11,073113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,21231
HeifersMedium and Large 1981120.75/cwt120.75–120.751,185111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524154.00/cwt154.00–154.008077

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.